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PRIVATE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM OF THE PASSING CALL TYPE John H. Voss, Downers Grove, 111.,

Automatic Electric Laboratories, Inc.,

assignor to Chicago,

111., a corporation of Delaware Application June 28, 1945, Serial No. 601,965

Claims.

This invention relates in general to telephone systems, and more particularly to small systems of the type commonly known as private automatic telephone exchanges.

Private automatic telephone exchanges are installed in business and other establishments for providing local service between a relatively small number of local telephone stations, and for completing connections between the local telephone stations and a distant telephone exchange over trunk lines.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved private automatic telephone exchange system of the general type shown in Patent No. 2,056,752, issued October 6, 1936, to John H. Voss, in which system new and novel circuit means are included for accomplishing the various telephone connections.

Another object of the invention is to provide an automatic telephone exchange system which can be efficiently operated either with or without a special attendants station in the completion of trunk connections between the exchange and another exchange, and, when the attendants station equipment is furnished, the attendants station can be quickly and conveniently switched out of service for night or other light load periods without requiring complicated temporary switching arrangements.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the attendants station equipment special facilities in addition to the facilities ordinarily provided for the handling of trunk connections between the local exchange and another exchange. These additional facilities include means for completing trunk connections for local telephone stations not enabled to make direct connections with the trunk lines, means for offering trunk connections to local telephone stations testing busy, and means for establishing a conference circuit connection between a trunk line and two local telephone stations.

A feature of the invention is the provision of a code call connecting link in the local automatic exchange which is used for completing code calls between local telephone stations without requiring the occupying of local connecting links during the conversation periods of the code calls.

Another feature of the invention is that a station connected with a trunk line connection can call a local telephone station over the code call paging equipment, and the paged station, after answering the code call, can transfer the trunk line connection from the first station to the paged station.

A further feature of the invention resides in the circuit arrangement whereby a called local telephone station is given a distinctive signal when answering the call to indicate that the attendant has held a trunk line connection for the called local station and has signalled the called local station without remaining on the local connection until the called local station answers. Th called local station thereupon accepts the trunk line connection by operating momentarily the transfer key associated with the called local station.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of circuit means so that a local telephone station connected with a trunk line connection can signal the attendant over the trunk line. The attendant can disconnect the local station from the trunk line, and can offer the trunk line connection to another local station if so desired.

A still further function of the invention is the provision of means in the local connecting links so that a local station can actuate such means for the purpose of over-riding the guarding conditions when the called station tests busy.

Another feature of the invention is that the marking potentials required in the banks of the trunk and local switches for the completion of outgoing trunk calls, the completion of incoming trunk calls, the transferring of trunk calls from local stations to other local stations, and for obtaining access to the cod call link are so controlled by a common relay group that marking potential for only one class of call is established at one time. Consequently, there can be no interference between various classes of calls occurring simultaneously.

Another feature of the invention concerns a novel arrangement of call restriction relays whereby a local telephone station is restricted from making outgoing trunk calls or answering incoming trunk calls, or both. This means of restriction is effective on trunk calls but not on local code calls although code calls function under the same common relay group control as trunk calls. v

Other features of the invention relate mostly to circuit improvements that will be apparent from the following detail description of the drawings comprising Figures 1 to 14 inclusive, which drawings show by means of the usual circuit diagrams a sufiicient amount of apparatus to enable the invention to be described and understood.

Figure 1 illustrates in the lower left-hand corner a local telephone designated as station #08. Two line circuits, one for the attendants information line #I and the other for station #08, are shown near the center of Figure l. The wipers and operating magnet of one of the local finders are shown at the right'of Figure 1, together with the multiple-bank connections to the trunk finders, code call finders, local connectors and other local finders.

Figure 2 shows a group of finder-connector relays for controlling the operation of'oneof the finder and connector switch links, the wipers of which are shown in Figures '1 and? respectively.

Figure 3 shows the connector wipers" and operating magnet of the finder-connector link,- together with the multiple bank connections. At

the upper right-hand corner is shown-a*localtelephone station #6, and to the leftthereof the associated line circuit. A small group of relays are shown at the lower right-hand cornei', these i'elaysbeing associated with'tlie code call finder linkand'the trunk call allotter;

Figur'e l at the left and center shows the quipmerit for an attendants station. The wipers and operating magnet of one of the trunk finders are shown' at the right, together with the multiple bank connections to thloc'al connectors, local finders, code c'all finders'and other trunk'finders' "Figures 5: andfisho'w the relays of one of the two-way trunk circuits, the associatedffindejr and wipers being shown in Figure Figure'Y at the leftand' center shows a trunk transfer control circuit and associatd' chaiii' relays, and at the right shows the chain relays associated with on calls.

Figure 8 at the upper portion shows trunk call restriction relays f'o'r'p'rventing any local' station; or stations, from connecting. with the trunk line. In the lower portionof" Figure '8 is shown a relay type trunk call 'allotter which regulates the sequence in' which out'gdi'ng" trunk calls, incoming 't'runk calls andtransfer're'd 'trunk operated each calls are completed.

In Fig. 9, at theright are shown the wipers and operating magnet "for the'calling water finder of the code call link, together with the multiple bank connections to her finder of the code can link, the local con nectors, the local finders and the trunk finders.

Figures liland IIs'hoW'the 'relay equipment of thecode'call link. The associatedicalllng number finder and wipers ber finder and wipers in'Figure I1.

Figure 12 shows,'iri a simpleschematlc form, the relationship of'th'e trunk callall otter chain relays with the test and control wipers of the local finder-connector links.

-Figure"13'includes"a numbering plan for assembling the drawing sheetstogether so that 'a going incoming trunk the" answering num- I for tlii's'code call link. are shown 'in Figure 9, and the 'answering num in addition to local calls, are equipped with a push button such as PB.

Semi-restricted stations may be entitled to answer incoming trunk calls but not to make outgoing trunk calls, such as station #6 (Figure 3), and are also equipped with a push button PB. The test terminals on the banks of trunk finder wiper 653 Fig. 4)- a'nd local finder wiper I53 (Fig. 1) of such station line circuits are, however, connected to negative battery through a resistance each time an outgoing trunk call is attempted. For example, the test terminals of station line circuit #6 on the banks of trunk finder wiper 45.3 and local finder wiper I53 are connected by means of conductor 305 carried through Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 7 to the working contact of armature 803 (Fig. 8), and armature 803 is'connected to negative battery through resistance 8 05. Relay 800 (Fig. 8) is operated each time an outgoing trunk call is attempted from station #6 and, consequently, the sixth contacts of the banks of vviraerstliil and I53 are connected. to negative battery through resistance 805. The

hand, be entitled to'inake outgoing trunk calls but not to answer directly incoming trunk calls continuous circuitdrawing oftheihvnti'on may be established.

Figure 14 shows an enlarged view of the multipling'of banks I08I and BI associated with the code call link of"Figures 10' and "llfrespec-" tively.

Referring now to Figure 1, alllocal telephone stations," such as station"#08, are "fitte'd" with in'clu'ding acalli ng' dial, receiver R, transmi'tter '70 a standard well known automatic telephone set" T."switching springs SW, ringer R, andan' in duction coil. Non-restricted stations from which trunk calls may be'mad and answered,

button may be omitted s hen-f.

from the distant exchange. The test terminals on the bankslof trunk finder wiper 453 (Fig. 4) and local finder wiper I 53,(Fig. 1) of such station line circuits are connected to negative battery through a resistance each time such stations attempt to answer an incoming trunk call. For example, the test terminal of station line circuit #05 on the banks'of trunk finder wiper E5Q3'and local finder wiper I53 are connected by means of' conductor 806 carried through Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 7 to the working contact" of armature 8| 2 a| 2 (Fig 8) through resistance 8I5. Relay 8I0 (Fig. 8) is swer an incoming the twelfth contacts of the banksof wipers 453 and through resistance 8 I 5.

contacts of the banks of finder wipers 053 and I53 prevents the trunk circuit from switching through V button and thus be able answer incoming trunk calls directly and then transferred by that station to the wanted fullyrestricted station. On the other hand, the push station shown in Fig. 4, however, has facilities for transferring incoming trunk calls to a fullyrestricted station not equipped with a push button.

Station #08 shown in Fig l is equipped with a second push button designated fBusy over-ride (Fig 8), and armature is connected to negative battery time station #05 attempts to an trunk call and, consequently,

I53- are connected to negative battery. The connecting of nega tive battery through resistance 815 to the twelfth Such stations, however, may be equipped with a push to connect with incom- .ing trunk calls when such incoming trunk calls are first answered by another'station entitled to from any fully-restricted station, thus depriving such a fully-restricted erati n o t si ush. ut-.v

ton, when a local station dialled from station #08 tests busy, permits the calling person at station #08 to cut in on the previously established connection and talk to the dialled station. While station #08 is the only station shown equipped .with a second push button, it should be understood that any local station may be so equipped. It is also possible to provide a local station with an automatic busy over-ride facility by connecting ground permanently tothe corresponding station terminal in the bank of local finder wiper I55 (Fig. 1). In order to illustrate-the full possibilities of busy over-ride service, the bank of local finder wiper I55 is shown wired in Fig. 1 as follows:

' The fifteenth contact of the bank is connected to the busy over-ride push button of station #08; the third contact of the bank is permanently connected 'to ground, thus giving station #3 automatic busy over-ride; and the sixth and twelfth contacts of the bank are unwired, thus denying busy over-ride service to stations #6 and #95.

Each station line extends to a line circuit comprising a line relay and a cut-oil relay, such as relays H and H20 respectively (Fig. l). The conductors extending from the line circuits terminate in the banks of the local finders, connectors, trunk finders and code call calling and answering number finders.

The local, trunk and code call calling and answering number finder switches are mechanically similar to the well known rotary line switch having no normal, or home, position, while the circuits thereof have been altered in accordance with the present invention.

The connector switch shown in Fig. 3 is mechanically similar to the finders but instead of automatically hunting for a marked potential as the finder does, the connector is direotively controlled from the normal, or home, position by impulses.

The code registering switch comprising operating magnet i088 and wipers l08l to 1085 inclusive (Fig. 10) is mechanically similar to the finders but instead of automatically hunting for a marked potential as the finder does the code registering switch is directively. controlled from the normal, or home, position by impulses.

The code sending switch comprising operating magnet H89 and wipers Hill and 1 I82 (Fig. 11) is mechanically similar to the finders in that it automatically hunts for marked potentials, but the circuit thereof has been changed to cause the code sending switch to return automatically to its normal, or home, position after each use.

Relay Hit) in the transfer control circuit (Fig. 7) has an armature 1m provided with a weight '102 on its movable end to cause the armature to vibrate for a predetermined period when the relay releases the armature. Referring now to the attendants equipment shown in Fig. 4, the attendants telephone includes a calling dial, a handset comprising a transmitter T and receiver R, switching springs SW which are closed when the handset is lifted from the cradle and an induction coil .IC. Associated with the attendants telephone are six switch keys designated Station offering key, Station transfer key, Station conference key,.Station release key, Transfer key and Monitor key, respectively. The attendants information line #fll provides two-way service with the local automatic exchange, and includes a call lamp signal, a talk keyand a hold key. The trunk answering outgoing calls to, the distant exchange, and includes a busylamp signal, a call lamp signal, a talk key and a hold key for each distant exchange trunk.

In Figs. 5 and 6, one of a number of two-way trunk circuits is shown connecting the local automatic exchange with a distant telephone exchange. The distant exchange may be of either the automatic type or the common battery manual type.

The local automatic exchange disclosed in the drawings includes facilities for eighteen local lines and five two-way trunk lines. Some of the local stations have only a single digit in the line call numbers, others have two digits, and a third group three digits. Numbers 8 and 9 are used as the trunk answering and trunk calling numbers respectively, and numbers 01 and 09 as the calling and answering numbers, respectively, of the code call paging system.

It should be understood at this time that while the embodiment of the present invention disclosed and described in this specification includes switches of the well known 25-contact rotary line switch. type, the invention is not limited to the particular form shown but may utilize larger bank-capacity switches such as the well known Strowger vertical and rotary motion finder and connector switches to increase the number of local station lines.

It should be further understood that while a plurality of battery connections are shown in the drawings, they are preferably the same ,battery. Also, in order to simplify the drawings further, relay contacts for starting and stopping the operation of the tone and ringing current gen erating equipment have been omitted. The generating equipment furnishes well known facilities such as interrupted ringing current, continuous ringing current, interrupted positive battery, dial tone, busy tone, and a tick tone comprising a relatively faint but distinctive interrupted signal which may be superimposed on an established talking circuit without interfering with the conversation. An X contact shown in association with a relay armature is a working contact that makes contact with its armature before any other contacts of the particular relay are opened or closed, thus characterizing the relay as a twosteprelay.

Having described the equipment and appafratus, a detailed description of the operation will now be given.

Local calls Briefly, local calls are completed in the following manner: The person at the calling station lifts the handset from the telephone cradle and, after hearing conventional dial tone, dials the number of the desired station. If the called station is in use, the calling person receives busy tone. If the called station is not busy, the called station is rung automatically and intermittently. The release of the connection is under the control of the calling person.

;In order to describe a local call in detail, it is assumed that station #88 (Fig. 1) desires to call station #6 (Fig. 3). Responsive to the lifting of the handset from the telephone cradle, switch springs SW (Fig. 1) close a circuit for energizing line relay H0 as follows: from ground by way of armature I23, conductor I02, lower winding of .lnduction coil, transmitter T, impulse spring of dial, upper SW springs, conductor 'IOI, armature I2I, winding of line relay H to negatlve battery. At armature II I, relay I marks line" #08 as calling in the bank of the local finder accessible to wiper I54 by connecting negative battery through the winding of cut-off relay I to the fifteenth contact of the bank byway of conductor I03. I

At armature H2, relay H0 connects ground to the finder start conductor I14 to complete a circuit for the combined line and start relay 225 (Fig. 2) in the finder-connector link as follows: from ground by way of armature II2, conductor I14 to Fig. 2, armature 29I and working contact, resistance 228, upper winding of relay 225 to negative battery. The purpose of resistance 228 is to properly regulate the amount or current supplied to relay 225 and also to minimize the click to the negative talk conductor of the link at a later stage of the operation. At armature 221, relay 225 completes the circuit to relay 230, causing relay 230 to operate.

At armature 232, relay 230 connects ground through the upper windings of relays 220 and 1210 in series, armature 201, conductor I64 to wiper I 54 and, at armature 233, completes the :circuit for energizing the finder operating magnet I 10 from ground by way of armature 214 and resting contact, armatures 22I, 233,- 'conduc tor I13, winding of magnet I10 to negative bat- .tery.

Magnet I10, upon energizing, positions its pawl preparatory to stepping the wipers of the local finder to find the calling station and, at its armature I1I, completes the circuit for energizing z-stepping relay 220 as follows: from ground by way of armature I1I, conductor I12, lower winding of relay 220 to negative battery. Relay 220 upon operating, opens the previously traced circuit for magnet I10 at armature 22I, whereupon magnet I 10 restores to advance the wipers of the local finder into engagement with their next bank contacts. The restoration of magnet I10 also opens the circuit to rela 220 at armature "I with the result that relay 220 now restores.-

The restoration of relay 2 20 again completes the previously traced circuit for magnet I10, and the operation of magnet I10 again completes the circuit to relay 220 at armature I11. The reoperation of relay 220 again opens the circuit to magnet I10, causing magnet I10 to restore and step the finder wipers into engagement with their next bank contacts. In the same manner as just described, relay 220 and magnet I10 operate alternately until test wiper I54 encounters the calling potential of the calling station line.

As test wiper I54 encounters the bank contact marked with calling potential, the following circuit is completed for energizing relays 210, 220 and cut-01f relay I20 from ground at armature 232, upper winding of relay 220, upper winding of relay 2I0, armature 201, conductor I64, wiper I54 in engagement with contact #45 of its bank, conductor I03, armature I-II, winding of cut-oif relay I20 to negative battery. Relay 210, rupon energizing, first closes its X contact at armature 211, thus locking itself in the operated position to ground at armature 232. Relay 210 :extends the negative and-positive talking conductors a-t armatures 2H and 2-I2 respectively from the #15 bank contacts of wipers I51 and I52 to the windings or line relay 2-25, and relay 225'isyn0W held operated over the loop from "station #03 line finder wiper I54, however,

independent of the start circuit through armature 23I and working contact.

At armature -2 t3 and working contact, relay 2| 0 shunts the circuit of relay 200 with ground, causing relay 290 to restore, and thereby makes this finder-connectorlink busy to calls from other station lines; and, at armature 2I6, shunts its upper winding and the upper winding of relay 220, thereby causing relay 220 to restore. Arma ture 216 also connects ground to contact #15 of wiper I54 bank by way of armature 201, con; ductor I64 and wiper I54 for the double purpose of maintainin the circuit to station #08 cut-off relay I20 by way of conductor I03, and extending ground by way of multiple conductors I03 and I04 to the respective station #08 terminals in all finder and connector banks to guard station #08 against intrusion. The ground at armature 2I3 and working contact is also extendedto relay 235 by way of conductor 36S, wiper 355, conductor 310,- resistance 238, upper winding of relay 235 to negative battery for causing relay 235 to complete the dial tone circuit at armature 236.

Relay I20 (Fig. 1), upon energizing, first closes its X contact at armature I22, thereby establishing a multiple circuit from wiper I54. Upon fully operating, relay I20 disconnects relay I I0 from the negative line at armature I2I, and ground from the positive line at armature I23, causing relay IIO to restore. Relay I20 is maintained in the operated position through armature I22, and relay IHl removes ground from start conductor H4 at armature II2.

Digressing for the moment from the description of the call from station #08 to station #6, an explanation will now be given of the method of automatically allotting the finder-connector links to successive calls originated at local stations. In the foregoing description it was stated that the operation of relay 2 I0 shunted relay 290 at armature '2I3 and working contact, causing relay 290 to restore and make this finder-connector link busy to calls from other station lines. Prior to relay 290 being shunted down, any number of calling station lines may have connected ground to the'commonstart conductor I14. When I engages the nearest bank contact having calling potential and thereby seizes the relatedcalling station line, the searching action of this finder-connector link is completed and relay 290 is shunted down. The link busy condition is established by relay 290 disconnecting the upper winding of relay 225 from armature 29I and, hence, any subsequent connection of ground to the start conductor I14 by ogher calling station lines does not reach relay 2 '5.

Assuming now that the finder-connector link shown in detail in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is link #i then armature 291 through its resting contact switches start conductor I14 to armature 29I' of link #2, and any subsequent connecting of ground to start conductor I14 causes link #2 to search for a calling station bank contact having calling potential. Ina like manner to that just described for armature-29I armature 29I' of link #2 switches start conductor 1'14 to armature 29I' of link #3 when link #2 finds a station bank contact having callin'g potential. Similarly, start conductor I14 is switched from link #3 to link #4, and so on until the'last link in the chain is reached. The resting contact of armature 29I' of the last link is deaden'ded,

each link finds .a calling line, the associated 280 or 290' relay is shunted down and, consequently, when all such relays are released, a chain circuit is completed from ground. armature 292 and resting contact, conductor 251 to link #2, armature 292' and resting contact of link #2, conductor 291 to link #3, armature 292' and resting contact of link #3, and so on through all the links including the last link, and from the resting contact of armature 292' of the last link through chain control relay 295 to negative battery. Relay 2S5 operates and connects ground to the resting contacts of armatures 293 and 293' of all links via multiple conductor 293. If all of the links are still occupied at this moment, neither relay 290 nor any of the 290 relays will operate and, therefore, start conductor I14 will remain switched to the dead resting contact of armature 29I in the last link. If, however, link #I and other links have been freed in the interval, then relay 29!! and relays 290' of the idle links will operate and lock. The start conductor I14 is then switched back to link #I at armature 29I and working contact, and the idle links are again allotted in numerical sequence.

Armatures 283 and 293' are fitted with contacts of the make-before-type and relay 295 is slow to release to insure that relay 29!! and 291i relays of all idle links operate and lock.

Returning now to the description of the call from station #58 to station #6,'the finder wipers I5! to I55 inclusive of link #I are in contact with station #58 bank terminals, and relay 290 has released and switched start conductor I14 to link #2. Dial tone is supplied to station #58 through armatures 235, 283, 252 and resting contact, condenser 251 to the negative talking conductor leading back to station #08. Upon hearthe well known dial tone, the calling person dials the digit 6. Responsive to the dialing of digit 6, the circuit to line relay 225 is interrupted six times, thereby causing relay 225 to be deenergized six times. Relay 225, therefore, restores momentarily for each impulse, and at armature 221 opens the circuit to relay 238. Relay 238, however, is of the slow-to-release type and, therefore,

does not restore during the impulsing period.

Consequently, the circuits controlled by relay 235 are not disturbed. At armature 225, relay 225 transmits an impulse to connector operating magnet 315 and relay 215 for each deenergization. This multiple circuit may be traced from ground by way of armatures 203, 226, 23I and working contact, 254, 285, conductor 365, winding of magnet 315 to negative battery, and also through armature 235 and working contact,

winding of relay 210 to negative battery. Relay 4 215 operates and, since it is of the slow-to-release type, it does not restore during the impulsing period. At armature 21!, relay 210 completes a-multiple circuit for itself and magnet 315, independent of the circuit through armature 254.

Connector magnet 315, upon operating, positions its pawl preparatory to stepping the wipers of the connector. As relay 225 operates after each impulse from station #08 dial, the impulsing circuit to magnet 315 is opened at armature 226, with the result that magnet 315 steps the wipers of the connector one step for each opening'and closing of relay 225 loop circuit. Magnet 315 therefore, steps the wipers of the connector from the normal, or home, position to contacts #5 of their banks, which contacts are connected to station #5. As wiper 355 leaves its home position, the circuit to the upper winding of relay 235 is opened and dial tone, therefore, is

10 removed from the talking conductors at armature 235.

The operation of the finder-connector link at this time is dependent upon whether station #6 is in use or is idle. Should station line #6 be busy, ground will be encountered by test wiper 354 at its bank contact #6 which causes busy relay 255 to operate from'ground by way of the multiple conductor. 354 of station line #6, contact #5 of wiper 354 bank, wiper 354, conductor 351, armature 212 and working contact, upper winding of relay 255 to negative battery. At armatures 25I and 253 respectively, relay 250 prepares points in an auxiliary talking circuit to connector wipers 55I and 352, which auxiliary talking circuit may be used by station #08 when over-riding the busy condition. At armature 252 and working contact, relay 25D connects busy tone to the negative talking conductor to station #58 through condenser 251, thus informing the calling personthat station #5 is busy on another call. Shortly after the impulses cease, relay 215 restores and completes the locking circuit of busy relay 259 from ground by way of armatures 205, 2 Hand-working contact, 255 and working contact, resting contact'of 255, resting contact of 212, upper-winding of relay 250 to negative battery. The contacts of armature 212 are of the make-before-break type to prevent an opening of the circuit to relay 250 as relay 218 restores. v

When the calling person at station #08 hears the busy tone, he hasthe option of depressing busy over-ride push button I25 momentarily or abandoning the call by returning his handset to the cradle. Should he depress push button I25, busy over-ride relay 26B operates from grounds by way of push button I25, conductor I51, contact of wiper I55 bank, wiper I55, conductor I65, armatures 2IB, MI and resting contact, 256, 214, lower winding of relay 265 to negative battery. Relay 255 looks to ground by way of armature 2H! and working contact and armature 255.

At armatures ZBI and 253 respectively, relay 265 completes a talking circuit to the selected busy connection from condensers 222 and 223 to wipers 35! and 352 in engagement with contacts #5 of their banks, and from contacts #5 of Wiper 352 and Wiper 352 banks by way of conductors 3M and 352. At armature 262 and working contact, relay 265 connects a tick tone by way of armature 252 and working contact, condenser 25'? to the negative talking conductor, to acquaint the talking parties on the busy connection that an auxiliary talking circuit hasbeencompleted to their connection- The talking person at station #55 may now converse with the person at station At armature 254, relay 250 short-circuits the lower winding of busy relay 255 to make this relay slow to release. At armature 265, relay 2553 transfers the holding circuit of relay 250 from armature 255 and working contact to ground by way of conductor 354', contact #6 of wiper 354 bank, wiper 354, conductor 361, armature and Working contact, resting contact of armature 212, upper winding ofrelay 255 to negative battery.

Relay 255 is made slow to release in order to prevent this finder-connector link from automatically seizing station #6 line circuit should the established busy connection be released at the moment. If busy relay 250 were not slow to release when its locking circuit is opened by the removal of guarding ground from conductor 304,

ae-e02- H then switching relay 230. would beimmediately connected to cut-off relay 320 of station #6 from ground by wayof armatures 206; 2I5 and working contact, 255 and resting con'tact, lower winding of relay 288, armature 213, conductor 36?, wiper 354 in engagement with contact #6 of its bank, conductor 304, winding" of cut-01f relay 320 to negative battery, thus seizingstation line circuit. Instead of conversing-With station #5 in the hearing presence of the other person on the established connection,- the person at station #08 may request bothpersons to disconnect, and then may call station 5 over a new connection.

When the calling person at station #08 releases by returning the handset to the cradle after talking to station #fi bynieans of the busy over-ride, the loop circuit to relay 225 is opened at the upper springs of switch SW (Fig. 1), and relay 225 restores. At armature 221, relay 225 opens the circuit of release relay 236, which restores after a short interval. Relay 230, upon restoring, removes ground, at armature 232, from the holding circuitsof relays 21 0- and I 20, causing these relays to restore, and also removes ground at armature 232 from multiple conductor Iii-3 engaged by wiper I54 todisconnect the busy guarding potential from station #08. The restoration of cut-off relay I returns line circuit #38 to normal by connecting line relay I ID to conductor IBI at armature I2I, and ground to conductor I02 at armature I23.

Relay 2I0, upon restoring, opens the talking circuit at armatures 2H and 2I2, and, at armature 2I3 in the normal position, removes the ground shunt from relay 290. At armature 213, relay 2| 9 completes the circuit to magnet 315 from ground, contact #6 of wiper 355' bank, wiper 355, conductor 369,, armature .213 and resting contact,,conductor 363, armature 316. and, resting contact, conductor 36.4, armature, 285, conductor 365, winding. of magnet 3'15 to negative battery. At armature 21.4. in the normal position, relay 210' opens the locking circuit to relay 260, causing relay 260 to restore.

The closing of the connector magnet 315 circuit at armature 213 and resting contact causes magnet 315 to operate and interrupt, its own circuit at armature 316 in the, operated position. Magnet3'15, therefore,,operates in the same manner as a buzzer to advance the connector wipers 351- to 355 inclusive step by step until wiper 355 no longer encounters a grounded, bank contact. Since the normal, or' home, position bank contact is the only contact accessible to wiper 355 that is not connected to ground, the wipers of I the connector will be advanced step by step until wiper 355 reaches its home position. As wiper 355- reaches the home position, negative battery isconnected to the winding of relay 290 by way of upper winding of relay 235, resistance 238, 00

conductor 310, home contact of wiper 355 bank, wiper 355, conductor 369 and busy switch 294 for switching this finder-connector link back into the allotting chain.

Relay 260, upon restoring, opens the auxiliary 6 talking circuit at armatures 26! and 263: removes tick tone from armature 262: removes the shortcircuit, at armature 264, from the lower winding of relay 253; and, at armature 265, opens the locking circuit to relay 250. 'Busyrelay 250, upon restoring, further opens the auxiliary talking circuit at armatures 251 and 253.

Assuming now that station #5 was idle at the time the connector wipers'were stopped on bank contacts #6., busy relay 25!!- does not operate because, connector wiper: 354, does not'flnd around on its bank contacttfi. Relayfltresteres short. 13 after the impulsing: period and, at armature 27: 3 in the normal position, completes the;

energizing switching relay 280 in. series with cut-off relay 323 of station. #76,. line. circuit:- as follows: ground byway of armatures205, 2.1.5 and working contact, 255.- and: resting contact, lower winding. of relay 230, armature 21.3,, conductor, 3.61,, wiper 3.54.. in engagement with the sixth contact of its bank, conductor 30,4, winding 01 cut-on; relay 323 to, negative battery: Relays 283 and 326 both' operate.

Relay 286, locks to ground. byway of armature 214 and working contact. armatures. 2E5; and 285;. At armatures- 2.82- and. 284 respectively,, relay 285 connects wipers 351 and 3.52 to armatures 24B and 248'. At armature 283, relay 28Il1removes dial tone from the talking circuit; and, at armature 287, connects ground to multiple conductor 3134, leading: to contacts. #6 of, all finder and connector test banks for. protecting station, #08.from intrusion. This guarding circuit. may be. traced from ground: by way of armature 287, conductor 36?, wiper 354 in engagement with contact #3 of its bank, conductor 304 multipledto bank contacts #5 of allzfinder and connector test banks. Armature 252' also transfers the holding circuit of station #S-cutaoff relay 328. from thelowerwindingof relay 2.80 to ground direct.

Cut-off relay 32!), upon, operating, disconnects line relay 31! from line conductor 301: at armature 321, and ground from line conductor 302 at armature 323, thus preparing line circuit #6 for ringing; Ringing current is supplied from the link circuit for automatically signaliing station #6 from; interrupted generator through upper winding-of ringing cut-01f relay 245, armature 245 and resting contact, armature 282, conductor 36I, wiper 351; in engagement with contact #6 of its bank. conductor 38!, condenser and ringer R in series, conductor 302; contact #16 of wiper 352 bank, wiper 3.52, conductor 362, armatures 284, 24:8 and resting contact to. ground.

When, the call: is answered at station #6 by the lifting of the handset from the cradle, ringing cut-oft relay .245 is operated over station #6 line loop, this time including the'upper springs of switch SW and transmitter T in place of the condenser and ringer R. At armature 241 and working 7 contact, relay 245 looks to ground by way-0f armature 2 I 4 and working contact. At armatures 246' and 243', relay 245 opens the ringing circuit, and at the working contacts of these armatures connects the .talkingconductors 301 and 302 of station #8 line circuit in series with differential relay 240 and relay 235 to negative battery and ground. Relay Z35 alone is operated. Difierential relay 243: does not energize at this time because its two windings are equal and oppose each other. The talking circuit between stations- #38' and #6 is now complete over the heavy talking conductors. Transmission battery is supplied to station #68 through relay 225, and to station #6 through relays 235- and 240 in series.

After the conversation has been terminated. and responsive to the calling person at station #:08 returning the handset to the cradle, the loop circuit to relay 225 is opened at the upper springs of switch SW (Fig. l) and relay 225- restores. From this point on the releasing of the finderconnector link is essentially the same as that previously described for the situation where the calling person at station #08- talked to station #6 by means of the busy over-ride facility, with the minor exceptions that that ringing out-off relay 245 and switching relay 280 are n the locked-up position, and busy relay 250 andbusy over-riderelay 26!) remained in the normal, or non-operated, position.

' In order to call a station in the two-digit group of numbers as, for example, station #95, the calling person initiates the call in the same manner as previously described to cause a finderconnector link to be connected to the calling line. In response to dial tone, the calling person dials the digit to step the connector wipers (35! to 355 inclusive) to contacts #IU of the connector banks, which contacts are dead. Since neither ground or negative battery is encountered by connector wiper 354 on contact #IU of its bank, the connect-or remains in this position until the receipt of the second digit. In response to the calling person dialling the second digit 5, the wipers of the connector are stepped from contacts #ll! of the connector banks to contacts #l which terminate the line circuit of station #05 in the connector banks. The connection is now completed by the finder-connector link in the manner previously described.

In order to call a station in the three-digit group of numbers as, for example station #602, the calling person dials the first digit 0 which causes the connector wipers to be stepped to contact #Ic of the connector banks, which con tacts are dead. The connector therefore, remains in this position until the receipt of the second digit. In response to the calling person dialling the second digit 0, the wipers of the connector are stepped from contacts #Ili to contacts of the connector banks, which contacts are also dead. The connector, therefore, remains in this position until the receipt of the third digit. In response to the calling person dialling the third digit? the Wipers of the connector are stepped from contacts #20 to-contacts #22 which terminate the line circuit of station #062 in the connector banks.

Each finder-connector link is provided with a busy switch, such as 294, which enables the maintenance man to make the corresponding link busy to calls from the station lines. Operating busy switch 294 causes its contacts to open the circuit of relay 290, thus causing this relay to restore. Relay 29!), upon restoring, switches the start conductor I14 from relay 225 at armature 28!. The finder-connector link remains in this busied condition until busy switch 294 is returned to the normal, or closed-contact, position.

Incoming trunk calls An incoming trunk ,call from the distant exchange iis announced to the local stations by the operation of multiple signals located throughout the premises, when an attendants station is not in use. It is, of course, possible to have both an attendants station and the multiple signals, together with any well known method of switching from the attendants station to the multiple signals, and vice versa, dependent upon the peri-. ods the attendants station is staffed.

Any local station not restricted against answering incoming trunk calls directly, may answer an incoming trunk call indicated by the operation of the multiple signals by lifting his handsetfrom the telephone and, upon receipt of dial tone, dialling the trunk answering number digit 8; Responsive to the dialling of the digit 8, and in the manner described in detail in the preceding section titled "Local calls, th connector wipers of the local finder-connector link are stepped intoengagement with contacts #8 of their banks. The selection of contacts #8 of the connector banks causes the trunk call allotter shown in Figure 8 to seize the trunk circuit on which the incoming call arrived. This trunk circuit is then caused to find automatically the local finderconnector over which the trunk answering num her was dialed, switch through to the answering local station line, and release the used local finder-connector link.

It will now be assumed that the incoming trunk call was received over conductors 60! and 602 (Figure 6) of trunk circuit #I, that no other trunk circuits are in use at the moment, and that an attendants station is not in use. Relays 610'- and 635 of trunk circuit #l are in a position to- Y operate, being bridged across conductors GUI and 602. Relay 610 is fitted with a very high-resistance winding in order that the ringing cut-oil? relay at the distant exchange will not operate through relay 610 winding. Relay 61!! operates during ringing periods and also in the silent periods. Relay 635 is an alternating current relay and operates only during ringing periods.

The circuit for energizing relay 6'") during either the ringing or silent periods may be traced from the distant exchange over conductor winding of relay 610, armature 642, conductor 60? and back to the distant exchange. The circuit, for energizing relay 635 during the ringing periods may be traced from generator at the distant ex change, conductor 60L winding of relay 635, condenser 641, armature 652, conductor 602 and back to generator at the distant exchange.

Relay 61B, upon operating, completes the cir: cuit to relay 630 at armature 61E. Relay 63!) is of the slow-to-release type and, consequently, will not release due to any fluctuations in the opera: tion of relay 610. Relay 635, upon operating, prepares a point in its locking circuit at armature 63h at armature 632 and working contact, pre pares a point in the circuit to series relay 625;, and, at armature 633, completes an obvious circuit to slow-to-release relay 660.

Relay 666, upon operating, removes ground from the circuit to normally-operated relay 8311 at armature 66L but relay 830 does not restore at this time because ground is supplied to relay 830 from the other trunk circuits over conductor 882; and, at armature 66! and working contact, connects ground to conductor M5 to complete the.

circuit to a busy lamp at an attendants station should an attendants station be provided, to in form the attendant that this trunk is occupied. At armature 664,-relay 660 opens the circuit to relay 560, causing relay 556 to restore and make this trunk circuit busy to outgoing calls as here: inafter described.

Relay 635 does not operate until ringing current is supplied from the distant exchange. When ringing current is applied to the trunk circuit, relay B35 operates and completes an obvious circuit at armature 636 for energizing relay 655}; Relay 655 is of the slow-to-operate type in order that it will not be operated when ringing relay 635 may respond momentarily to surges onthe trunk line circuit from the distant exchange. Relay E55, upon operating, completes the circuit torelay 565 from ground, armature 64 i and rest ing contact, armature 663, conductor 09!, arma-- tures 515, 538, conductor 681, armature 658, left hand contact of busy switch 62%;, conductor 684-,

winding of relay 565 to negative battery. Relays 835 and 655 both restore duringea'chsilentperiod between ringing periods.

-Relay 555, upon operating, locks to ground by Way of armature 545 and resting contact, armature 653, conductor 88!, armatures M5, 538 and 558. At armature 567, relay 585 opens the chain circuit to relay 82D, causing relay 820 to restore; and, at armature 58? and working contact, completes the circuit to the multiple signals located throughout the premises. The operation of the multiple trunk signals informs the local stations that an incoming trunk call from the distant exchange is awaiting attention.

Relay 82!], upon restoring when its chain circuit was opened at armature 567, removes ground from the trunk answering contact #8 n the connector test banks. The purpose of relay 820 in its normally operated position maintaining ground on the trunk answering contact #8 of the connector test banks, is to make the trunk answering number busy should a local station dial the trunk answering number when there is no incoming trunk call to answer.

The trunk circuits are arranged to pro-allot an idle trunk circuit for use in an outgoing trunk call by means of chain relay 558 shown in Figure for trunk circuit #I and chain relays 560' for the second, third, and so on through the last trunk circuit, the 560' relay for the last trunk circuit being the only 588' relay shown in Figure '7. As normally shown in Figure 5, chain relay 568m the operated position has allotted trunk circuit #1 for use in an outgoing trunk call .by preparing a point in the circuit to relay 520 at armature 568 and working contact. When relay 660 is operated on the incoming trunk call, the circuit of relay 558 is opened at armature 584, and relay 565 restores. The outgoing call busy condition is established by relay 558 disconnecting conductor 87! from the winding of relay 528 at the working contact of armature 563, and switching conductor 87'! through armature 563 and resting contact to armature 563' of trunk circuit #2 by way of conductor 548. Consequently, trunk circuit #2 is now allotted for use. in an outgoing trunk call. In a like manner to that just described for trunk circuit #1, armature 553 of trunk circuit #2 switches conductor 87'! to armature 583 of trunk circuit #3 when trunk circuit #2 is taken into use. Similarly, conductor 81? is switched from trunk circuit #3 to trunk circuit #4, and so on until the last trunk circuit in the outgoing trunk chain is reached. The resting contact of armature 553' of the last trunk circuit is dead ended.

As each trunk circuit is taken into use, the associated 560 or 558" relay is released and, c0.nsc quently, when all such relays are released. a chain circuit is completed from ground, armature SH and resting contact, conductor 546 to trunk circuit #2, armature 553 and resting contact of trunk circuit #2, conductor 546' to trunk circuit #3, armature 556i and resting contact of trunk circuit #3, and so on though all of the trunk circuits including the last trunk circuit, and from the resting contact of armature 56V of the last trunk circuit through chain control relay 750 to negative battery. Relay 75E operates and connects ground by way of multiple conductor 541 to the resting contacts of armatures 562 and 562' of all trunk circuits. If all of the trunk circuits arcstill occupied at this moment, neither relay 580 nor any of the 588' relays will operate and, therefore, conductor 8" will remain switched to the. dead resting contact of armature 553' in the last trunkcircuit. If, however, trunk circuit #1 and other trunk circuits have been tread in the interval, then relay 560 and relays 568 of the idle trunk circuits will operate and lock. Conductor 871 is then switched back to trunk circuit #I at armature 563 and working contact, and the idle trunk circuits are again pro-allotted for outgoing call use in numerical sequence. Armatures 562 and 552' are fitted with contacts of the makebefore-brcak type and relay I58 is slow to release to-insure that relay 560 and the 560' relays of all idle trunk circuits operate and lock.

Returning now to the description of the incoming trunk call on trunk circuit #i, the multiple signals throughout the premises are indicating that an incoming call from the distant exchange is awaiting attention, the release of relay 560 has switched conductor 81! to armature 553 of trunk circuit #2, and relay 820 is in the released position. Relays 565, 638, 6611 and Elli are in the operated position, and relays 635 and 855 are operated during the ringing periods from the distant exchange. Assuming further that a person at station #88 has lifted his handset for the purpose of answering the incoming trunk call, an idle finder-connector link is caused to find station #08 terminals in the finder banks and return dial tone to station #08 telephone. Responsive to the dialling of digit 8, and in the manner described in detail in the preceding section titled Local calls, the connector wipers are stepped into engagement with contacts #8 of their banks. Relay 21D restores shortly after the impulsing period and, at armature 213, completes the circuit for energizing relay 280 in series with chain relay 858 as follows: ground by way of armatures 206, 215 and working contact, 255 and resting contact, lower winding of relay 288, armature 213, conductor 381, wiper 354 in engagement with contact #8 of its bank, conductor 81] in cable 816 through Figure 6 to Figure 8, conductor 81! in Figure 8, armature 821 and resting contact, winding of relay D, armature 853, conductor 883 in cable 885 through Figure 6 to Figure 3, conductor 883 in Figure 3, armatures 349, 344, 334, conductor 884 in cable 885 to Figure 8, conductor 884 in Figure 8, armatures 864, 855, 846, resistance 848 to negative battery. Relays 28D and 850 both operate.

Relay 850 locks to ground by way of armature 281, conductor 35'], wiper 354 in engagement with contact #8 of its bank, conductor 81! through cable 876 to Figure 8, conductor 81! in Figure 8, armature 82! and resting contact, winding of relay 858, armature 854 and X contact, armature 846, resistance 848 to negative battery; At armature 85!, relay 858 completes an obvious circuit to incoming call restriction relay 8H1, causing relay 8| I) to operate and connect negative battery, through resistance 8|5, to the local station contacts in the test wiper banks of the trunk and local finders of all local stations restricted from answering incoming trunk calls directly. For example, armature 8l2 of relay am connects negative battery through resistance M5 to conductor 886 leading to contacts #12 of all testing wiper banks of the trunk and local finders, thereby marking station #85 in the local finder banks as being restricted from answering incoming trunk calls directly. Armatures 8| I, M3 and 8| 4 of relay 818 do not connect negative battery to conductors leading to the test wiper banks of the finders and, consequently, the related local stations are not so restricted. Hence, station #08 is privileged to answer incoming trunk calls d1, 

